Safety-gate for hatchway-doors.



No. 699,544. Patented May 6, I902.

DE wmr C.-MEEKER & w. A. BLACKMAN. v

SAFETY GATE FOR HATGHWAY DOORS.

(Application filed-0ct 1-, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DE IVITT O. MEEKER AND WILLIAM A. BLACKMAN, OF CINCINNATL OHIO.

SAFETY-GATE FOR HATCHWAYi-DOORS.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,544, dated May 6, 1902. Application filed October 1, 1900. Serial No. 31,624. (No model.)

T0 (1.7] whont it many concern:

Be it known that we, DE WITT O. MEEKER and WILLIAM A. BLACKMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Gates for HatchWay-Doors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speci-' parallel with the sidewalk when closed; and

it has for its object the application to such doors of a lazy-tongs gate which is permanently hinged to one of the doors on its under side and is adapted to be folded up and fas tened thereto when the doors are closed in such manner as to occupybnt verylittle space and to be entirely out of the way, but when the doors of the hatohway are opened upward can be unlatched, swung around, and drawn across the front edge of the hatchway and then have its free end secured to the opposite door, so as to form asecure safety-gate across the front of the hatchway, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure is a perspective view of a hatchway, showing the doors thereof opened and with oursafety-gate applied and extending between the same. Fig. 2 is an enlarged inside elevation of the outer end of one of the doors, showing the safety-gate closed and secured thereto. Fig. 3 isan enlarged end elevation of the door to which the free end of the safety-gate is attached, showing parts of the same broken away and attached thereto.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts 'in'all the figures.

.A is an ordinary hatchway, in this instance representing a cellar-opening, and having hinged to its sides a two-part door A A as seen in Fig. 1, these two parts of the door being held from falling outward when open by means of a chain, as shown, or they may be supported in any other suitable or con venient manner. To one of the doors, in this instance A is hinged, as at O, a bar A, in two parts, with an opening between them, whose upper end fits over and is confined to an arm B, hinged, as at D, to the upper end of the door at at its forward edge.

Pivoted to the upper part of the bar A in the opening between its two members is one end of a lazy-tongs gate A the opposite member of the same end of the gate being secured between the two parts of the bar A, so as to have sliding motion thereon by means of pins, as at E.- The opposite end of the lazy-tongs gate has its one member F perforated to receive a pin M, which is passed through a lug on the inner side of the door A, while the other member G has its lower end shaped to engage a lug K- on the door A It results from the foregoing construction that when it is desired to close the hatchwaydoors the free end of the lazy-tongs gate is disconnectedfrom the door A and the gate is closed up upon itself and swung around to the position shown in Fig. 2, the bar A sliding upon the bar B to permit bar A to come parallel with the front edge of the door A, and any suitable fastening, such as a pivoted button L, is turned over the end of the gate to secure it to the under side of the door.

Then the doors are opened, it isonly necessary to turn the button L, swing the gate A around, and draw it across the front of the hatchway, where its free ends can be secured to the door A as will be readily understood.

It is to be observed that with the doors slanting outward when open it is necessary that the upper hinge for the lazy-tongs gate should have an extensible member or sliding connection, such as provided for by the arm 13; otherwise the gate could not be made to occupy a position parallel with the floor or sidewalk.

Having thus fully described our'invention, we claim-- 1. In a door-guard, a hinge attached to the door, a folding gate pivoted to the said hinge, andmeans for engaging the free end of the gate when extended.

2. In a door-guard, a hinge attached to a cellar-door, a folding gate pivoted to said hinge, and a catch fixed to said cellar-door adapted to engage the outer end of the gate when collapsed and folding inwardly against the door.

3. In combination with a tWo-leaved door, a lazy-tongs safety-gate hinged to the under side of one of the said leaves, and fastenings upon the other leaf to which the free ends of the lazy-tongs may be secured when the door is in its open position,slibstantially as described.

4. In combination with a two-leaved hatchway-door, a lazy-tongs gate hinged to the under side of one of the said leaves by means of a permanent hinge and an extensible hinge,

and fastenings upon the other leaf to which the free ends of the lazy-tongs maybe secured DE WITT C. MEEKER. WILLIAM A. BLAOKMAN.

Witnesses:

I. M. DAVIS, WM. R. COLLINS. 

